"The people of the country agreed to help you build a medium-sized arsenal?”Yuan Shikai was stunned.
The high-ranking officials of Beiyang were also stunned.
However, most of them could only imitate some guns and small-caliber artillery from the West or the island countries, as well as produce some ammunition. Moreover, the production was very low, and it could not even satisfy the needs of the Chinese army. This caused the various warlords in China to have no choice but to pay a large sum of money to import weapons and equipment from the foreign powers.
If Beiyang could have a medium-sized arsenal, even if it couldn't meet the weapons consumption of the Beiyang Army, it could at least meet a portion of it. This would further increase the strength of the Northern Army and give them a greater advantage in the battle against the other warlords.
Yuan Shikai couldn't help but blush. As a soldier, he naturally knew the importance of the arsenal.
"Little bastard, why would I have any ideas about your arsenal? However, after the arsenal was built, the surplus weapons and equipment had to be sold to Beiyang.”Yuan Shikai said.
Even though his first thought was to take the Munitions Factory for himself, how could he take his son's things? Besides, the Munitions Factory belonged to Yuan Baocen, so it belonged to the Yuan family. If it was returned to Beiyang, it would be public property.
Yuan Shikai wasn't stupid enough to give his family's things to Beiyang.
The other senior officials of Beiyang were not fools. Seeing Yuan Shikai and his son echo each other, they knew what they meant.
"Bao Cen! When the time comes, Uncle Wang will have to rely on you. Many of our Northern Army units lack weapons and equipment!”Wang Pinqing was not an easy minister. Especially when the army was expanding, people were asking for money and equipment everywhere. It would be best if he could buy cheap and good equipment.
"Uncle Wang, don't worry. After the arsenal is built, I'll start expanding and think of a way to expand it into a large arsenal. At that time, it will be able to relieve our pressure.”Yuan Baocen naturally promised.
"Good, that's good." Wang Pinqing smiled happily.
If they could solve the problem of weapons and equipment, it would not be a problem for the Northern Army to sweep through all of China. In fact, just as Yuan Baocen had said, it was possible that they could wrestle with the armies of the foreign powers.
"Gong Bao, Bao Cen built an arsenal without a word and didn't even spend a single cent. It's simply an eye-opener for us old men!”Xu Buwu praised.
Yuan Shikai also nodded his head. After his second son abandoned literature and went for martial arts, he was indeed impressed.
The other high-ranking officials of Beiyang also had a huge change in their perception of Yuan Baocen.
If they were to choose an heir from Yuan Shikai's sons, they would probably lean towards Yuan Baocen. Compared to Yuan Yuntai, who had great ambitions but little talent, Yuan Baocen was undoubtedly more suitable.
As the founders and main leaders of Beiyang, everyone hoped that Beiyang would become better and better, not decline. In this case, the future successor was very important.
"Bao Cen, is this the urgent matter you mentioned?”Yuan Shikai asked.
"Speak clearly!" Yuan Shikai frowned.
"Father, uncles. The situation in Europe is getting more and more tense.
Whether it was the economy, industry, or military strength, the UK had already surpassed the old Ying country and France.
However, the Ying country and France controlled a large number of colonies, causing the country's industry to encounter bottlenecks due to the lack of markets. This also caused the conflict between them to become more and more intense.
It was estimated that in two to three years, the country of Dé would definitely go to war with the country of Ying and France. And this is our best opportunity!
Even though Germany was very strong, England and France combined were not weak either. In addition, the United States on the other side of the ocean undoubtedly supported Britain and France. This made it so that although the country might win in the early stages of the war, it would definitely lose.
Now, the people of the country were looking for allies all over the world! We can use the mentality of the Chinese to make a fortune from them. As long as we show the intention of forming an alliance with them, the country will definitely provide us with a large loan and even help us build a strong military system.
"In that case, won't our strength increase greatly like a snowball?”
Yuan Baocen was beaming with joy as he spoke. He hoped that he could rely on his glib tongue to convince the big shots of Beiyang and even the entire China to increase their strength and prepare for the future war.
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